To break into the “modeling culture,” Goodlow testified, recruits had to send nude, explicit self-portraits to Simmons or to personas he created.

Later, they were required to perform specific sexual acts and pressed to undergo “massage sessions” of a sexual nature to check for their “glow” and skin hue, Goodlow said.

She said she believed the personas, who communicated with her and victims via text or e-mail, were real people until the FBI arrested Simmons in February 2012 and convinced her Simmons created the characters.

According to Goodlow, Simmons even persuaded people to leave their underwear with him, telling them he'd send the garments to fashion labels in France who would return custom-fit garments. Goodlow later found the underwear, hers included, in a shoebox in his closet, she said.

Despite her mother's warnings, Goodlow said she fell for Simmons' ploy during a vulnerable period in her life.

She said Simmons recruited her Dec. 31, 2010, at Eisenhauer Flea Market, with a pitch to appear on a show about “empowering women” that he planned to produce for his purported startup TV channel, G2 News.

She performed some of the same sexual acts as others reportedly were coerced into and was ordered to recruit five people a day, she said. She also set up recordings of sexual sessions for Simmons.

In order to generate cash for the modeling scam, she said she helped in a series of check-kiting and worthless deposits for tens of thousands of dollars. It left banks “kind of like a dog chasing its own tail,” she said.

Goodlow initially was treated as a victim, but was charged last year with producing child pornography, including images of a 17-year-old who she and Simmons had previously recorded in a sex act.

She is not charged in the bank-fraud matter, but could face up to 30 years for the pornography charge.